Some of our accomplishments

We tried to get most of the high work done while the lift was here. In addition to fixing the chimneys (mentioned in an earlier post) and taking down two massive trees (also mentioned in an earlier post); we painted the cedar shakes and repaired and painted trim work. So here are the before and after pictures:

Front of house (before).......................(after)


East side (before)..............................(after) (notice that the bay window has been painted as well)

and portions of the east dormer needed to be rebuilt (picture of the rebuilt dormer).

I'm grateful for lifts!

(My sincerest appreciation to my beautiful wife for her insight, talent and help; and my thanks to Dean Machinery for the rental of the lift.)

So how big was that maple tree?

I'm sure I couldn't tell you, but it was over the top of the house, a good 45' in the air.


Now that it is down I can show you a comparison with my size 12 shoe. Thanks Tad, David and Richard for helping to take down the maple tree. Now, how do I move it out of my driveway?

The Beehive is down

Remember my situation, how to get the beehive down and move the bees?


The beehive in the tree is down, but the bees are still in it. (Well they did come out when their portion of the tree hit the ground.) I guess they will remain there for the winter and then next spring I will work on getting them out and into a new hive. (Oh yes, we missed hitting the side of the house by about 6 inches.)